The minimum threshold for a recount is less than half of 1 percent difference between the candidates, she said.

Auditor Laurie Thomas said some signatures don’t match up because, for example, the voter’s signature has changed as he or she has gotten older. She said one woman signed a different name, noting that she may have gotten married.

The county has to notify voters three times if their signatures don’t match, Thomas said.

The Okanogan County Canvass Board met Friday morning to review the uncounted ballots. The board will meet again next Tuesday, when election results will be certified.

If either race were to end in a tie, the Canvass Board would set a date and time to do a hand recount, Jury said. The last step following a recount, if there’s still a tie, is to determine the winner by lot.

“We usually flip a coin,” Jury said.

A third close mayoral race in Brewster has incumbent Lee Webster ahead of his challenger, David Smith Jr., by 10 votes. As of Friday, the count remained at 104-94.

Howe said with new mayors being elected in Okanogan County, it could affect the new public transportation system, which was approved by the voters.

“It concerns me regarding the transportation board,” she said. “Practically every mayor who is (a representative) on that board will be brand new… and the next steps are not going to be easy.”

Voters are approving a four-tenths of 1 percent sales tax increase to pay for the new system, which will be implemented and overseen by the Okanogan County Transit Authority.

The board of directors includes outgoing mayors Michael Blake, of Okanogan, and Dave Acheson, of Winthrop; and former Twisp Councilman Clay Hill.